All-Star Case Studies

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HG Group Limited

Organization Background

The company was originally founded in 2003 as Hiremax, which provided heavy equipment rentals. While Hiremax was eventually sold in 2021, what is now known as HG Group includes two other divisions: Attach2, which sells excavator attachments, and Equip2, which sells capital equipment like rock crushers to quarries. The company operates in several countries, including New Zealand, Australia, and India.

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2021 Case Study - Ryan Lawn & Tree

Organization Background

Founded in 1987 by Larry Ryan, the company helps thousands of homeowners in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Omaha with a range of services provided by six business units that includes lawn care, tree pruning and removal, and pest control. Ryan Lawn and Tree became partly owned by an ESOP in 1998 and became 100% employee-owned in 2019.

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2021 Case Study - Jenner Ag

 

Organization Background

Jenner Ag, the Case IH Agriculture Application Equipment Distributor for the states of Illinois and Indiana—a consolidation of four different companies—has been serving its customers for 60 years and counting.

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2021 Case Study - Hildebrandt Tree Tech

Organization Background

A full-service tree care company serving the tree care needs of home owners and businesses. “We do anything that has to do with trees,” says founder and CEO, Casey Hildebrandt.

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2021 Case Study - CM's Outdoor Solutions Group

Organization Background

Started in 1993, and formerly known as CM’s A Cut Above, CM’s Outdoor Solutions Group provides a range of lawn care and landscaping services.

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2020 Case Study - Willoway Nurseries

 

Organization Background

Founded in 1954, Willoway Nurseries is a third-generation, family-owned wholesale grower of trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color crops that ships to retailers and contractors in 26 states. Willoway is now the largest wholesale grower of nursery products in Ohio and a leading supplier in the United States, with a customer base of more than 1,200 independent garden centers and landscape contractors in the Midwest and east coast.

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2020 Case Study - CM's Outdoor Solutions Group

Organization Background

Started in 1993, and formerly known as CM’s A Cut Above, CM’s Outdoor Solutions Group provides a range of lawn care and landscaping services.

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2020 Case Study - Jenner Ag

Organization Background

Jenner Ag, the Case IH Agriculture Application Equipment Distributor for the states of Illinois and Indiana—a consolidation of four different companies—has been serving its customers for 59 years and counting.

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2019 Case Study - Jenner Ag

Organization Background

Jenner Ag, the Case IH Agriculture Application Equip

ment Distributor for the states of Illinois and Indiana

—a consolidation of four different companies—has been serving its customers for 54 years and counting.

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2019 Case Study - Hildebrandt Tree Tech

Organization Background

A full-service tree care company serving the tree care needs of home owners and businesses. “We do anything that has to do with trees,” says founder and CEO, Casey Hildebrandt.

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